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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _____________, a row of arches and a narrow passageway, rises twenty feet.
(a) The trefoils.
(b) The pier.
(c) The triforium.
(d) The emporium.

2. Once the mortar cures, what happens?
(a) The framers are removed.
(b) The centerings are removed.
(c) The stilts are removed.
(d) The hurdles are removed.

3. _______ walls span some portions of the cathedrals.
(a) Transparent.
(b) Semi-solid.
(c) Hollow.
(d) Solid.

4. At this time the cathedral has been under construction for how many years?
(a) Eighty years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) Eighteen years.
(d) Twenty-eight years.

5. The piers of the choir of Chutreaux will be ________ feet high and six to eight feet thick.
(a) 160.
(b) 200.
(c) 220.
(d) 180.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hoists the materials out of the boats?

2. Who leads the church in Chutreaux?

3. The stones are marked for what purposes?

4. The scaffolding holds hurdles, or ____________ made from woven sticks.

5. Why is the answer to number 74 hung from the top of the wall instead of rising from the ground?

Short Essay Questions

1. What first takes place in the spring of 1253?

2. What is the job of each master craftsman?

3. Describe the excavation of the foundation.

4. Why must many houses be demolished?

5. What is completed by this point in the book? How long has the cathedral been under construction?

6. Where is the roof located? Of what does it consist?

7. Who is William in charge of hiring?

8. Describe the building of the scaffolding.

9. Who makes the tools?

10. Describe the three phases of the construction of the walls of the choir.

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